07/07/2008

A total 22 German (co)productions are programmed at the current 43rd Karlovy Vary Film Festival (July 4-12, 2008). Heading the list is Tom Schreiber’s official competition entry Dr. Aleman [+see also:
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The German-international co-productions Bahrtalo! (Good Luck!) by Robert Lakatos, It's Hard to Be Nice by Srdjan Viletic, Music [+see also:
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Along with German production Cosmic Station by Bettina Timm, Vaclav Reischl’s Back to the Fatherland (Czech Rep./Netherlands/Germany) and Donatus Ulvydas’ The Bug Trainer (Lithuania/Poland/Japan/Germany) will be shown in the section Documentary Films in Competition.

Open Eyes is presenting Andreas Dresen’s Cloud Nine [+see also:
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interview: Kornél Mundruczó
interview: Orsi Tóth
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The off-mainstream section Another View is showing Veit Helmer’s Absurdistan [+see also:
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Till Nowak’s short Delivery is in the Best of the Prague Short Film Festival, while the Horizons section features Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There and Bela Tarr’s The Man From London [+see also:
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Lastly, Franziska Meletzky’s According to the Plan [+see also:
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